The Treasure of the Isle of Mist

Overview:

  • Title: The Treasure of the Isle of Mist
  • Author: W. W. Tarn
  • Year: 1934
  • Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
  • Price: $2.00
  • Pages: 184
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Treasure of the Isle of Mist
  • Notes:
    • 1st US illustrated edition Spring 1934
    • Price and implications above from listing in "Books for Young People: A Varied Selection for the Spring Season" by May Lamberton Becker, NY Herald Tribune 1934-04-08 pF9: "A story that has become almost a classic appears in an illustrated edition."
    • HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of one copy with original cover (mis-catalogued as another copy of the 1st US ed., 1920) -- title page undated -- t.p. verso states (c)1934, identifies printer -- Contents, lists 8 numbered chapters -- Illustrations, lists 10 (frontispiece plus 8 plates and 1 double plate included in the pagination) -- text spans p1-184 The matching endpapers are illustrated with portraits of the four main characters, evidently by Lawson. Interior illustrations include smaller b/w drawings on the main front pages, as chapter headpieces, and some in the text.